Mine is caused by several things and not just one which makes it complicated! - Anxiety - Unpreparedness - Unhappy with your story or idea/Revisions went horribly wrong - Fear of failure - Too many ideas - Stuck on one part/No idea what happens next - Can't find the right words/emotions/etc
BUT I'll just pick one to focus on at a time... Today I pick: -Too many ideas
Now to rationalize it... I always have so many ideas and projects I'm working on or wanting to work on that combined with my writer's block and the other causes of my block I've gotten completely overwhelmed and gone into shut down mode! So today I promise myself I will work on one thing at a time and not even think about the others until each task is done. I'm going to make a list of 3 and only three things that need to be worked on the soonest. Everything else can wait... and from those three I will only do them one by one!
That thing for today is to edit and finish this ONE story! If I can finish a thing I hope that will encourage me to move on to the next thing on my list with a more positive attitude.
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And from the help list, my goal for today is: + breathe deeply (meditate/concentrate)
I'm going to take a moment and center my mind and just focus on the quiet and breathing before I sit down to try and write.
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Good luck everyone on your writing and breaking your blocks!
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Date: 2012-07-03 03:16 pm (UTC)- Anxiety
- Unpreparedness
- Unhappy with your story or idea/Revisions went horribly wrong
- Fear of failure
- Too many ideas
- Stuck on one part/No idea what happens next
- Can't find the right words/emotions/etc
BUT I'll just pick one to focus on at a time... Today I pick:
-Too many ideas
Now to rationalize it... I always have so many ideas and projects I'm working on or wanting to work on that combined with my writer's block and the other causes of my block I've gotten completely overwhelmed and gone into shut down mode! So today I promise myself I will work on one thing at a time and not even think about the others until each task is done. I'm going to make a list of 3 and only three things that need to be worked on the soonest. Everything else can wait... and from those three I will only do them one by one!
That thing for today is to edit and finish this ONE story! If I can finish a thing I hope that will encourage me to move on to the next thing on my list with a more positive attitude.
---
And from the help list, my goal for today is:
+ breathe deeply (meditate/concentrate)
I'm going to take a moment and center my mind and just focus on the quiet and breathing before I sit down to try and write.
---
Good luck everyone on your writing and breaking your blocks!